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(Check out Brandon Wilson’s Benita movie review, it opens today for a week-long release at Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4 before a wider rollout. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) […]

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People don’t give Molly Shannon enough credit for her ability to deliver a line as dry as the Sahara. Shannon marries the elements perfectly and clearly revels in Emily’s coded dialogue. She also imbues Dickinson’s poetry with a passion that supports Olneck’s thesis.

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While it might feel practically sacrilegious to some fans of Dickinson’s poetry, Olnek paints Dickinson as a lesbian icon, playing off of the long-standing murmurs about her sexuality.

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